About

Provided by Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

HSG is known for its ability to try high-stakes commercial cases--domestic and multi-jurisdictional--and the quality of its legal scholarship and writing. The firm has asserted and defended groundbreaking legal claims with the potential to change the way business is done across entire industries.

 

The firm’s founders are the Hon. Richard Holwell, a former S.D.N.Y. judge, and three of his former colleagues from White & Case: Michael Shuster, Daniel Goldberg, and Dorit Ungar Black. The firm draws talent from the finest law schools, clerkships, and firms. Today, HSG has approximately 70 lawyers, including multiple former Supreme Court clerks.

 

The firm:

 

  • Won a $2.4 billion trial verdict against Lehman Brothers related to mortgage-backed securities.
  • Took to trial and settled a massive antitrust claim on behalf of MacAndrews & Forbes against News Corp.
  • Argued for the petitioners before the Supreme Court in a case raising important questions over the scope of RICO.
  • Secured a $69.8 million award—approximately 99% of the amount sought following a trial on damages—for Melody Business Finance in litigation against Philip Falcone.

·        Secured a dismissal at the trial and appellate levels of all claims against the NBA in a federal antitrust suit.

  • Is nationwide lead trial and appellate counsel for Chubb’s insurance companies in opioid coverage litigation.
  • Won a dismissal, affirmed on appeal, of claims brought by Carl Icahn against a prestigious M&A firm.


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Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

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New York

Litigation: General Commercial

Michael S Shuster
1
Michael S Shuster
1
Band 1
Blair Kaminsky
6
Blair Kaminsky
6
Band 6
Daniel P Goldberg
6
Daniel P Goldberg
6
Band 6
Securities: Institutional Plaintiffs: Mainly RMBS Litigation

Michael S Shuster
1
Michael S Shuster
1
Band 1

Members

Provided by Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

Daniel P. Goldberg

Hon. Richard J. Holwell

Michael S Shuster

Michael S Shuster

Head of Department

Clients

Provided by Holwell Shuster & Goldberg LLP

Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo)

Bank of New York Mellon

Chubb

Directors of Liquid Holdings Group, Inc.

Former Director of Sears Holding Corp.

Freddie Mac

Goldman Sachs & Co.

HSBC

Lehman RMBS Trustees

MacAndrews & Forbes Inc.

National Basketball Association

Perry Capital

PetSmart Inc.

Promontory Financial Group

Sealed Air

TiVo

Travelport

U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Visa Inc.